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    Tolstoy Project

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    Leo Tolstoy

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    LEO TOLSTOY Leo Tolstoy‚ or Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy[1] (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й) (September 9‚ 1828 – November 20‚ 1910[2])‚ was a Russian writer of realist fiction and philosophical essays. His works War and Peace and Anna Karenina represent‚ in their scope‚ breadth and vivid depiction of 19th-century Russian life and attitudes‚ a peak of realist fiction.[3] Tolstoy’s further talents as essayist‚ dramatist‚ and educational reformer made him the most influential member of the

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    Professor Alfarone PHI 2010 October 1‚ 2012 Leo Tolstoy Reaction Paper Many people have had a mid-life crisis and during this time many people have asked this question what is the meaning of life. Leo Tolstoy too had a mid-life crisis and asked that very same question. Searching for the meaning of life can be very difficult but‚ the way Tolstoy went about searching and discovering his own meaning is and an author that I can agree with. Tolstoy began his search for the meaning of life by asking

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    The Death of Ivan Ilych is a story about a man who look back on his life while he is dying. The story begins after Ilych is already dead. The book is foreshadowed with the events of his “old friend” and colleague Peter Ivanovich feeling inconvenienced by Ilych’s death. He showed up and put on a face. He was eager to leave and pay bridge with his friends. The main character‚ Ivan Ilych‚ realizes that despite having a comfy life that many people would like to have‚ he did not make meaningful relationships

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    Tolstoy Essay

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    Can a virtuous person really define beauty and happiness interchangeably and thus achieve it? Youth‚ written by Leo Tolstoy‚ depicts an autobiographical viewpoint of his perception of happiness‚ beauty and virtue and how all are related. In Youth‚ Nicola Tolstoy states that man strives for a “moral and active improvement” (1st paragraph). Growing up as a teenager‚ Tolstoy had low self esteem. He described himself as “his exterior being ugly‚ features were dull and an unrefined face” (2nd

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    “The Death of Ivan Ilych‚” the point of view of the story is third person‚ omniscient. Because the story is third person‚ omniscient‚ the narrative isn’t restricted to one character’s point of view. If Tolstoy wanted to‚ he could’ve told each section through the eyes of someone else. But‚ the narrator told the story primarily in Ivan’s perspective. Since the story is told through Ivan’s perspective‚ we only see the other characters from a specific perspective. In the first section‚ Tolstoy focused

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    Ivan Ilych

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    Psychological Importance in The Death of Ivan Illych In The Death of Ivan Ilych Leo Tolstoy conveys the psychological importance of the last‚ pivotal scene through the use of diction‚ symbolism‚ irony. As Ivan Ilych suffers through his last moments on earth‚ Tolstoy narrates this man ’s struggle to evolve and to ultimately realize his life was not perfect. Using symbols Tolstoy creates a vivid image pertaining to a topic few people can even start to comprehend- the reexamination of one ’s life while

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    Is Death Really All There Is To Life? Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and Leo Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilych” both depict middle-aged men faced with a drawn-out death and no rescue from its inevitability. Both men realize that their lives have been wasted and their motives misplaced‚ which parallel each author’s views of the meaning of life. The difference comes‚ though‚ in the final hours of each character’s life. Whereas Harry‚ the protagonist in Hemingway’s short story‚ dies

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    Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych takes you inside the life of a man who is suffering and dying. Before the suffering Ivan Ilych was a man of status. Ivan was a judge with power and value. And was headed down the right path with his loving family‚ so he thought. Then a normal day incident caused Ivan to go through a horrific deal of physical‚ emotional‚ and mental hardships. “He screamed unceasingly‚ not for minutes but for hours. For the last three days he screamed incessantly.” (Tolstoy 93) Through

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    Leo Tolstoy Research Paper

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    Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy’s mother died when he was two years old. Tolstoy was born on august 28‚ 1828 to Countess Mariya Tolstaya and Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana (his family’s estate) in the Tula Province of Russia. At the time he was the youngest of four sons but one of five to left by the count and countess. When his mother died‚ Leo Tolstoy’s father put the children in the care of his cousin Tatyana Ergolsky. Nine years later Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy would also pass‚

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